Antti Tuuri Richard Impola

Antti Tuuri s The Winter War is the novelist s sincere tribute to the Finnish soldiers of the Winter War, the 105 day war following Russia s invasion of Finland in November of 1939 Events are seen through the eyes of Martti Hakala, now an old man, who had been a rank and file soldier of the 23rd Infantry regiment, a unit drawn mainly from the province of Ostrobothnia LikAntti Tuuri s The Winter War is the novelist s sincere tribute to the Finnish soldiers of the Winter War, the 105 day war following Russia s invasion of Finland in November of 1939 Events are seen through the eyes of Martti Hakala, now an old man, who had been a rank and file soldier of the 23rd Infantry regiment, a unit drawn mainly from the province of Ostrobothnia Like so many of his countrymen, Martti was called up to defend his country in this national emergency.The Winter War is based on authentic war diaries, interviews with veterans, and other first hand sources It is not, however, a documentary It depicts the reactions of ordinary men to extraordinary circumstances, and what happens to these men when prolonged exposure to violent death and destruction creates an alternative reality, nightmarish and inescapable.Richard Impola s English rendering of the text recreates the terse, succinct Hemingway style for which Tuuri is famous Tuuri s spare realism is a quiet voice in the thunderous theater of war.Pekka Parikka s celebrated film The Winter War 1989 was inspired by Tuuri s novel In fact, the first film made about this epic struggle, it was scripted by Antti Tuuri and Pekka Parikka, and produced by Marko R hr.

This book has great historical interest as the only major novel in the Finnish canon set against the Winter War of 1939-1940. Besides that it's an extremely dry play-by-play retelling of war. Warfare is boring to read about most of the time, unless there is a compelling human aspect. Tuuri, apparently consciously, dehumanizes the narrator. When characters are killed left and right, even the narrator's closest relatives (this is not a spoiler as it is mentioned in one of the opening chapters), th [...]